Seriously, I think placing a switch between speakers and output is a good solution.

Yes, and why not use a rotary switch? A four pole three postion would allow you to have position one as (both power and speakers) off, position 2 as power on/speakers off and then position 3 as both power and speakers on!

That way you could turn on power, wait a couple of seconds and then connect the speakers all with one switch! Of course you would have to short out positions two and three for the power switch!

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Hi all,
Please tried switching on the Charlize via a 240 - 280 ohms, 1/2W resistor connected on the positive supply line. bypass the resistor after that for normal listening. This will eliminate the 'start-up pop' issue.

I've tried this method on the Charlize that I'm having (with the air-core as well as with the ferrite core) and now I can only hear a slight 'click' when the 240 ohms resistor is bypass.

I'll try vt4c solution as it's the simplest one to implement. I already have a on/off switch installed for the mute. I will remove the mute wiring and replace it with the bypass wiring.

By the way, next week I'll bring my Woodini (it' the name of my implemantation of Charlize ) to a friend home. He has some big Magna Planar speakers that he power with a Audio Research tubes amp. We want to see if Woodini will be able to deliver some magical music with these beasts. We won’t push Woodini to hard.